The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The question being on the adoption of the proposed substitute recommended by the committee, The substitute was adopted. The bill was then referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The Committee on Village Corporations, by Mr. Galbraith, Chairman, reported House bill No. 1158, entitled A bill to attach the west fractional half of section 23, township 35 north, of range 5 east to the Village of Rogers, in the County of Presque Isle; With the accompanying substitute therefor, entitled A bill to amend Section 1 of Act No. 377 of the Local Acts of 1877, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Village of Rogers," approved May 1, 1877; And recommended that the substitute be concurred in and that the bill, as substituted, do pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The question being on the adoption of the proposed substitute recommended by the committee, The substitute was adopted. Mr. Bolton moved that the rules be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The title was agreed to. Mr. Bolton moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. A message was received from the Governor announcing the approval of the following bills and joint resolutions: House bill No. 123 (file No. 10, enrolled No. 37), entitled A bill to legalize the action of the township board of the Township of St. Clair, in St. Clair County, Michigan, in letting a contract to build an iron bridge over Pine River, known as the "Luck Bridge," and to authorize the township board of said township to issue bonds of said township to the amount of $2,855 for such purpose, and to levy taxes sufficient to provide for the payment of the same and the interest there on. House bill No. 934 (enrolled No. 44), entitled A bill to amend Section 2 of Act No. 211 of the Local Acts of Michigan of 1891, entitled "An Act to incorporate the City of St. Louis, in the County of Gratiot, and to repeal Act No. 378 of the Local Acts of 1887," approved March 4, 1887, as amended by Act No. 316 of the Local Acts of 1899, and to add new territory. House bill No. 260 (enrolled No. 51), entitled A bill to detach certain territory from the Township of Breitung, in the County of Dickinson, and attach the same to the City of Iron Mountain, in said county, and to the fifth ward of said city. House bill No. 219 (enrolled No. 52), entitled A bill to amend Section 4, Act No. 361, of the Local Acts of 1901, approved March 29, 1901, entitled "An Act to repeal Act No. 291 of the Local Acts of 1891, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the public schools of the Township of Ossineke, Alpena County,' approved April 21, 1891; as amended by Act No. 413 of the Local Acts of 1899, approved May 25, 1899, to provide for the disposition of the property and the payment of the indebtedness of the corporation hereby dissolved, and to organize and form three separate school districts from the territory embraced within the said Township of Ossineke, in the said County of Alpena." House bill No. 430 (enrolled No. 57), entitled A bill to provide that certain conveyances of lands in the Village of Frederic, Michigan, and the records thereof, shall be received as evidence as conveying lands according to the recorded plat of the Village of Fredericville and its additions. House joint resolution No. 367 (enrolled No. 60), entitled A joint resolution, authorizing the Auditor General of the State of Michigan to deed to the Village of Lawton, in Van Buren County, Michigan, a certain parcel of land, described as Lots O, 1, 2 and 3, Block 1, of the original plat of the Village of Lawton. House bill No. 305 (enrolled No. 62), entitled A bill to attach the territory embraced in road districts numbered ? and 3 of the Township of Portage, County of Houghton, and State of Michigan, to road district numbered 1 of said Township of Portage, and to disorganize and discontinue said road districts numbered 2 and 3, and to embrace in said road district numbered 1 of said Township of Portage, all the territory of said Township of Portage, and to prohibit the highway commissioner of said Township of Portage, and the highway commissioner and township board of said Township of Portage vacating, altering, dividing or consolidating road districts in said Township of Portage, and to provide for the election of one overseer of highways in said Township of Portage, and to define the powers and duties of such overseer of highways. House bill No. 373 (enrolled No. 64), entitled A bill to provide for a uniform system of examination of teachers for the County of Presque Isle. House bill No. 23 (enrolled No. 66), entitled A bill to provide for two voting precincts in the Township of Germ fask, in the County of Schoolcraft. House bill No. 258 (enrolled No. 67), entitled A bill to incorporate the Village of Applegate, in the County of Sanilac. House joint resolution No. 32 (file No. 49, enrolled No. 73), entitled A joint resolution authorizing the board of education of the City of Lansing to erect a public school district library building on Block 81 in the City of Lansing. MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. The following message from the Senate was received and read: Senate Chamber, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir-I am instructed by the Senate to return to the House the following bills: House bill No. 1029, entitled A bill to create and organize a municipal court for the City of Menominee, County of Menominee, to define and limit its jurisdiction and to provide for the election of a judge thereof, and to repeal Section 23 of Title VIII of the charter of the City of Menominee, being Act No. 442 of the Session Laws of the year 1901; House bill No. 285, entitled A bill providing for the appointment, fixing the compensation and defining the duties of stenographer of the probate court for the County of Genesee; House bill No. 215 (file No. 30), entitled A bill to amend the title and Sections 1 and 29 of an act, entitled "An Act to establish, protect and enforce by lien the rights of mechanics and other persons furnishing labor or materials for the building, altering, improving, repairing, erecting or ornamenting of buildings, machinery, wharves and other structures; and to repeal all acts contravening the provisions of this act," being Chapter 296 of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan of 1897; House bill No. 619, entitled A bill to provide for the manner of taking of testimony before the Probate Court, Justices of the Peace and Coroners in the County of Oakland, and provide for the appointment, fix the term of office, and prescribe the duties, liabilities and compensation of a stenographer and assistant stenographer for said courts; and to repeal Act No. 377 of the Local Acts of the State of Michigan for the year 1895; And to inform the House that in the passage of the bills the Senate has concurred, and has also concurred in ordering the bills to take immediate effect. Very respectfully, ELBERT V. CHILSON, Secretary of the Senate. The bills were referred to the Clerk for printing and presentation to the Governor. The following message from the Senate was received and read: Senate Chamber, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir-I am instructed by the Senate to return to the House the following bill: House bill No. 34 (file No. 46), entitled A bill to amend Section 20 of Chapter 2 of Act No. 164 of the Public Acts of 1881, entitled "An Act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being Compiler's Section 4665 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; And to inform the House that the Senate has amended the bill as follows: By inserting in line 61 of Section 20, after the word "months," the words "in the school year;" And that in the passage of the bill, as thus amended, the Senate has concurred. The question being on concurring in the amendment made to the bill by the Senate, The amendment was concurred in, a majority of all the memberselect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was then referred to the Clerk for printing and presentation to the Governor. The following message from the Senate was received and read: Senate Chamber, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir-I am instructed by the Senate to return to the House the following bill: House bill No. 566, entitled A bill for submitting to the electors of the Cities of Bay City and West Bay City, in the County of Bay, the question of the consolidation of the two cities under one municipal government; And to inform the House that the Senate has adopted the accompanying substitute therefor, with the same title; And that in the passage of the bill, as thus substituted, the Senate has concurred, and has also concurred in ordering the bill to take immediate effect. Very respectfully, ELBERT V. CHILSON, The question being on the adoption of the substitute for the bill, The substitute was adopted, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: |